The new, more fiscally responsible Yankee approach is sure to hit Yankee fans like the fire at Happy Land, when it sinks in on Opening Day and everyone’s scrambling to find information on the less-than-stellar names littering the Yankees lineup card.

The fans aren’t the only disgruntled party heading into this Yankee season. A source close to the Yankees told the Shadow League that the Yankees are tiring of Granderson’s feast-or-famine hitting and would trade him for the right deal. Also, if Robinson Cano is truly the Yankees’ future, the source says, then the Steinbrenners aren’t doing a good job with making him feel wanted. And unless the Yankees offer him some mega-deal before he hits free agency at season’s end, there is a possibility that Cano could bounce to a younger, fresher team like the Washington Nationals—a legit rumor confirmed by ESPN’s Buster Olney.

This year is critical for the Yankees and the future of the franchise. It’s been a great run for the old legendary gang of Jeter, Rivera, Pettitte (and Posada who retired before last season), but the changing face of baseball is turning towards new MLB ambassadors like Price.

You can’t stay fresh forever, but this much is clear: the old school, old-timer Yankees need to get their cool back.

The Granderson thing is interesting. Someone mentioned to me recently that the Yankees looked to move him just about everyday this off-season with no luck. Let’s see how he does on the free agent market after this season. He may be shocked to see he cannot get a deal like Swisher got from the Indians.

The Yanks need to get rid of the world series win or the year is a failure mentality.

I don’t think the Yankees have that mentality. I’d posit that the media and a segment of the fans have hung onto that absurdity but that, as George Steinbrenner ceded day-to-day control of the team to others, this mentality went away because it was unrealistic from the very start.

K-V-C wrote:

That tells me they want Cano (I’d trade him)

I’d trade him too.

K-V-C wrote:

They need to stop the 5+ year contracts

There’s nothing wrong with contracts that last longer than five years. The issue is simply being more judicious about who they give those contracts out to.

Whoever is responsible should be more judicious. The worst long-term deal on our books is Hank Steinbrenner’s fault. The other two long-term deals on the books are performing at a satisfactory level and portend fewer long term risks than Rodriguez’s contract did at the time it was signed.

it would need to be a pretty favorable situation to get the right return for him.

Yep. An 11 week rental of CC Sabathia by the Brewers got the Indians one singular (flawed) prospect in Matt LaPorta. It’s tough to compare a starter to a second baseman but I think the Yanks wouldn’t get much more than one MLB-ready prospect in return if they trade Cano in July.

And having said that, there is less than a 5% chance that the Yankees trade Cano even if they’re out of the playoff race heading into August. The Yankees aren’t sellers.